“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“A book is a door, you know. Always and forever. A book is a door into another place and another heart and another world.”
― The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There
― The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There
“God warns us not to love any earthly thing above Himself, and yet He sets in a mother's heart such a fierce passion for her babes that I do not comprehend how He can test us so.”
― Year of Wonders
― Year of Wonders
“Il merluzzo non ha alcun interesse per nessuna parola eppure nuota negli oceani quasi immutato da centoventi milioni di anni. E questo ci dice qualcosa sulla lingua? Forse non abbiamo bisogno di parole per sopravvivere, ne abbiamo bisogno per vivere.”
― Heaven and Hell
― Heaven and Hell
“Lui e Árni fanno il segno della croce su ciascuna lenza prima di metterla in acqua perché niente di malefico salga dagli abissi, e cosa potrebbe salire, del resto? Le profondità del mare sono prive di ogni vizio, sono solo vita e morte, mentre ci vorrebbero certo non uno, ma almeno diecimila segni della croce, se calassimo le lenze negli abissi dell’animo umano.”
― Heaven and Hell
― Heaven and Hell
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